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F. A. BROWNELL.

PHOTOGRAPHIG SHUTTER.

Patented Apr. 23, 1895.

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P. A. BROWNELL. PHGTOGRAPHIG SHUTTBR.

No. 537,916. Patented Apr. 23, 1895.

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FRANK A. BROIVNELL, OF ROCHESTER, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PHOTOGRAPHIC SHUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 537,916, dated April 23, 1895. Application tiled January 25, 1894- Serial No. 498,044. (Modell.)

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Be it known that I, FRANK A. BEOWNELL, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Photographic Shutters; and I do hereby declare the tol1o\v ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals market thereon.

My present invention has for its object to provide an improved photographic shutter of that class which is adapted to be set for instantaneous exposure Without opening the lens aperture, and hence particularly adapted for use in cameras employing film in continuous lengths, or in magazine cameras, in which the use of a screen for covering the sensitive surface during the setting operation is dispensed with, and to these and other ends it consists in certain improvements in construction and combinations of parts, all as Will be hereinafter fully described and the novel features pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shutter constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a front view with the casing cover removed showing the parts ready for an instantaneous exposure; Fig. 3, a similar view showing the shutter open during an instantaneous exposure; Fig. 4, a similar view showing the shutter being set for a time exposure; Fig. 5, a section on the line cc-x of Fig. 3; Fig. 6, a section on the line y-y ot Fig. 3; Fig. 7, a section on the line z-Z of Fig. 4; Fig. 8, a rear elevation with the shutters open in dotted lines; Fig. 9, a section on the line ct-b of Fig. S; Fig. IO, a section on the line c-d of Fig. 2.

Similar reference-numerals in the several gures indicate similar parts.

In the present embodiment ot' my invention I have shown the shutter inclosed Within a suitable casing l formed With a foot 2 at its lower end adapted to slide upon and be secured to asuitable camera bed, such as shown,

for instance, in my prior patent, No. 442,2l6,

and arranged Within this casing is a plate or support 3 on which the operating parts of the shutter are mounted; said plate being preterably constructed of metal, and secured Within the casing by suitable screws 4. Upon the rear side of the `plate 3 are mounted the two overlapping shutter Wings or blades 5 pivoted upon a stud 7 and having their inner sides preferably formed as shown in suoli manner that the lens opening, which of course coincides with the aperture formed in the supporting plate and casing, will be opened and closed at the center. Each of the shutter Wings or blades is provided near the pivotal point with a pin 7; said pins operating in slots in a small slide or plate 8 sliding on the main supporting plate and heldin position thereon by a headed pin 9 passing` through a slot lO and also by the shutter wings. To this slide is also secured an actuating projection or pin 1l also operating through a slot in the supporting plate 3. The pins on the shutter wings or blades and the slots in the slide S are so arranged relatively that thc movement of the plate toward the lens aperture will cause the shutter Wings or blades to be opened and a movement in the opposite direction will cause them to be closed. A stop plate al arranged on the rear side of the support 3 is adapted to engage one of the shutter wings 5 and prevent excessive movement.

The means for actuating the slide S, consists ot a movable plate l2, constructed inthe present instance in the form of a lever, extending preferably on opposite sides ot the lens opening, pivoted at 13 to the support 3 and having its end 14 extended to thc outside of the casing to form an actuating handle. The inner end of this lever l2 is guided on the support 3 by a tongue 15 struck up in forming the slot l0, and it is also slotted and provided with an inclined shoulder or edge `1G arranged to co-operate With the pin Il on the slide 8, for actuating said platein a direction to close the shutter wings. The end ot the pin ll is preferably beveled to one side, as shown, and arranged upon the actuating plate l2 is a spring latch 17 having a shoulder IS at its end arranged at an angle to the shoulder 16 on the lever; said operating shoulders or edges and pin 1l being so relatively ar- IOO ranged with regard to the lever plate 12 that when the latter is in the position shown in Fig. 2 and the shutter set for operation the shoulder or edge 18 will engage the pin, and when said lever is moved down, Will slide said Vpin and the slide S to the right, opening the shutter wings and then as the lever continues its movement the shoulder 1G will actuate said pin in the opposite direction closing the shutter. Vhen the plate 12 is raised again, the beveled end ofthe pin 11 will move under the end of the latch 17 without causing the movement 'ot' the shutter wings, raising the latch, which latter Will drop behind said pin and in position to cause the shoulder 1S to move the latter when the plate 12 is again moved.

It will be noted that the side ot the slot opposite the shoulder 18 on the latch will prevent the sliding plate S from moving too tar or too rapidly when the plate 12 is actuated thereby better controlling the movement.

It is of course immaterial whether the shoulders 16 and 18 be turned up as shown, as the edges of the plates would perform the same functions, but where the parts are of sheet metal, I prefer the arrangement shown. I also prefer to make the plate 12 in the form of a lever, pivoted, as shown, for vconvenience in operation and also in order that considerable movement may be given the end ot' the lever carrying the latch and causing the operation ot the shutter without movingthe operating end 14 too far, but I do not desire to be conned to this construction of parts.

As a means for causing the movement ot the lever 12 in a direction to open and close the shutter, I provide a movable catch plate 19 pivoted at 2O to said lever and having its lower end guided upon a pin 2l, the head of which also serves to prevent its outward movement, and the actuating spring 22 engages the end of this plate being secured to a post 2S andan adjustable cam 24 being provided for regulating the tension. The shaft of said cani is provided with a spring arm 25 on the outside of the shutter casing co-operating with depressions formed in a segmental plate 2G, and having suitable indicia thereon for indicating the amount of tension under which the spring is placed. The catch plate is provided on one side with two teeth or projections 27 and 28 with one or the other of which is adapted to engage a shoulder or projection 2t) formed by turning up the end of a detent lever 30 pivoted at 31 to the support; said detent being actuated in one direction by a spring 32 secured to the support 3. The detent lever SO is also provided with a shoulder 3S arranged opposite the projection 29, and is adapted to be actuated in a direction to release the catch plate by a pin 31 slotted to engage the slotted end of said lever and guided in an ear 35 struck up from the plate 3, as shown.

From the above it will be understood that when the operating end 14 of the lever 12 is pressed down to the position shown in Fig. 1, the shoulder 27 on the catch plate will be engaged by the projection-29 on .the detcnt and upon pressing on the pin 34E said catch plate will be released and the spring 32 will cause the inner end of the lever 12 to move down- Ward operating the wings of the shutter and opening the lens aperture from, and closing it toward the center, as before described, and the time ot this exposure can be regulated by adjusting the tension ot the spring as will be understood.

In order that time exposures may be made and the lens aperture opened and maintained opened for any desired length of time I pivot upon the catch plate 2G at 38 an arm 3G having a tooth or projection 37 thereon arranged substantially between the projections 27 and 28 on the opposite side and guided by the pin 20, which also constitutes the pivot between the catch plate and the lever 12. The upper end of this arm 36 is slotted and in this slot projects the end of an indicating and actuating device, as shown, as a small lever 39 pivoted to the shutter support or to the casing, having` its outer end bent over and (3o-operating with a plate 40 located on the outside ot the casing and having two marks thereon for indicating the position of the lever. lVhcn the lever is moved to one position, the arm 3G is maintained in the position shown in full lines Figs. 2 and 8, and the projection 37 thereon is inoperative, but when it is desired to make a time exposure, that is, to arrest the lever 12 at halt' stroke, the lever 239 is turned to the position shown in full lines in Fig. t causing the movement ot the projection 37 outward so that when the parts are as in Fig. 2, and the pin Si is pushed in, thecatch plate will be released, but instead ot moving its full stroke the projection 37 will engage the stop 33 on the detent lever, as shown in full lines in Fig. 4 and upon releasing the pressure on the pin 34, the projection 2t) on the detent lever 30 will engage the projection 2S on the catch plate, as shown in dotted lines, arresting the operating lever 12 at halt stroke, leaving the shutters open as shown in said tigure. The time exposure can now be madein the ordinary way by the use of a cap, or the lens maybe opened by the cap and the exposure terminated by pressing upon the pin 34 and causing the release ot' the catch plate allowing the shoulder -16 on the lever 12 to close the shutter.

In the claims I have used the term pin to designate the projection 11 on the movable plate S, but a shoulder or projection of any nature'co-operating with a plate and latch in substantially the same way and accomplishing the saine result would obviously be within my invention, and I therefore do not desire to be confined particularly to an actuating projection in the form of a pin.

I claim as my invention- 1. A photographic shutter embodying mov able light intercepting media, adapted to IOO lIO

cover and uncover a lens aperture, in combination with a movable pin controlling the movement of said media, a movable plate having an operating edge or shoulder and a spring latch thereon having an operating edge or shoulder, both said operating shoulders adapted to engage the pin successively and cause its positive operation in both directions, substantially as described.

2. In a photographic shutter, the combination with two shutter Wi-ngs and a movable pin causing their positive operation to open and close a lens opening, of the movable plate having an operatingr edge or shoulder, and a spring latch thereon having an operating edge or shoulder and yielding in a plane at right angles to the plane of movement of the plate, said shoulders arranged at an angle to each other and adapted to engage the movable pin, substantially as described.

3. In a photographic shutter, the combination with two shutter wings and a movable pin for causing their positive operation to open and close a lens aperture, ofthe movable plate having an operating edge or shoulder and a springlatch thereon yielding in a plane at right angles to the movement of the plate and also having an operating edge or shoulder, said shoulders arranged to actuate the pin inopposite directions when the plate is moved in one direction, and a motor device for moving said plate, substantially as described.

t. In a photographic shutter, the combination with two shutter wings and a movable projection for causing their positive operation to open and close a lens aperture, ot the movable plate having an operating shoulder and a spring-latch thereon also having an operating shoulder, said shoulders arranged to actuate the projection in opposite directions when the plate is moved in one direction, a spring motor device for actuating the plate and a detent for holding said plate against the motor, substantially as described.

5. In a photographic shutter, the combination with the light excluding media and the movable pin controlling its movement, of the movable plate having the aperture tor the projection V-shaped on one side, and the laterally yielding spring-latch on said plate having the operating edge, substantiallyparallel with one ot the sides of said aperture, and means for actuating the plate, as set forth.

G.- In a photographic shutter, the combination with the shutter proper and the movable pin controlling its movement, ofthe movable plate having the operating shoulder the spring-latch thereon having the operating shoulder, the catch plate connected to the movable plate,a detent for retaining it and a spring for operating the. movable plate, substantially as described.

7. In a photographic shutter, the combination with the shutter proper, the movable plate for operating it positively in opposite directions and a spring for moving said plate, of the catch plate connected to the movable plate having two projections on one side, tho arm movably connected to the catch plate having a projection or shoulder opposite the two projections and the detent having the two projections one adapted to engage the two projections on the catch plate and the other the one on the arm, substantially as described.

8. In a photographic shutter, the combination with the two shutter wings, the slide for actuating them having the pin, the lever having the shoulder, and the spring-latch thereon, both cooperating with said pin, the catch plate connected to the lever, the spring for actuating t-he lever, and the spring-operated detent engaging the catch plate, as set forth.

9. In a photographic shutter, the combination with the two shutter wings, the slide for actuating them having the pin, the lever having the shoulder, and the springlatch thereon both cooperating with said pin, the catch plate movable with the lever, having the two projections, the movable arm on the catch plate having the projection, and the detent having the two projections, one cooperating with those on the catch plate and the other with the one on the arm, substantially as described.

10. The combination with the support, the shutter wings, and the movable plate for actuating them, of the catch plate having` the two projections, connected to said plate, the arm thereon having the projection, the detent having the two projections one operating on the plate and the other on the arm, and a spring for operating it, the indicator on the shutter support connected by a loose connection with the arm on the catch plate for moving it, substantially as described.

ll. The combination with the support, the shutter wings and the movable plate for actuating them, of the catch plate on the movable plate, the movable time stop thereon, and r site directions, of a spring-operated plate engaging the pin and moving the shutters in one direction, the spring latch on the plate engaging said pin and operating the shutters in the opposite direction, and a detent for engaging and retaining the plate against its spring, substantially as described.

FRANK A. BROWYVELL.

Witnesses:

FRED F. CHURCH, G. A. Rona.

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